Established in medieval times as a place to hold prisoners of the King's Bench court, primarily debtors. It was originally sited in Angel Place, off Borough High Street, just north of what is now John Harvard Library. In 1754-8 this was demolished and replaced with a new building erected to the south-west on what was then St George's Fields and is now Scovell housing estate. In 1842 it became the Queen's Prison and took debtors from the Marshalsea and Fleet Prisons. It became the Southwark Convict Prison and then closed.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King's Bench Prison
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King of Corsica
The weather-worn stone above this plaque is, we guess, the original graveston...
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Alfred George Marten
Son of Robert Giles Marten. Admitted to Inner Temple in 1852 and became a QC, County Court Judge and knighted in 1896. MP for Cambridge. Was Treasurer of the Temple in 1893. Died St Leonard's on Sea.
2 memorials
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins
Anthony Hope Hawkins was born on 9 February 1863 at Clapton, Middlesex (now Greater London), the last of the three children of the Reverend Edwards Comerford Hawkins (1827-1906) and Jane Isabella H...
1 memorial
Hackney parish watch house
A watch house was an early form of police station and prison. Criminals were held here temporarily.
1 memorial
American Bar Association
Stated mission: "To serve equally our members, our profession and the public by defending liberty and delivering justice as the national representative of the legal profession."
1 memorial
Staple Inn Hall
Staple Inn Hall, built in 1580, was destroyed by a flying bomb on the 24th August 1944. The Hall was rebuilt in its original form in 1955, incorporating timber & other materials saved from the...
1 memorial
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Hoxton Market Christian Mission
N1, Hoxton Market, 13
On the pier between numbers 13 and 14: "Shaftesbury House, Hoxton Market Christian Mission".
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
1 memorial
Hippodrome - Judy Garland
WC2, Cranbourn Street, Hippodrome casino
Left to right down the plaques are: Forsyth, Davis, Garland, Houdini, which we think is the sequence of erection.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Bengal Artillery 6th Company 9rd Battalion
Part of the force commanded by Havelock.
1 memorial
Marylebone Flyover
This flyover is one end of a short disconnected piece of motorway, the Westway, constructed 1964-70 to relieve congestion, back in the days when this was thought to be the solution. It was part of ...
1 memorial
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